Chapter 6 He Expelled A Professor
I squeeze my eyes shut, wincing silently as I dug my nails deeper into my hands, deepening my wounds. My eyes burned and I let my hair fall in front of my face. I could not let them see me cry…. I could not let them see that they were finally getting to me.
I could handle it if the whole university, hell I could handle it even if the whole world turned against me but I couldn’t …. I just couldn’t handle him right now on top of all this.
“Daniel, I am so sorry that your uncle is choosing to marry her. I cannot possibly imagine how embarrassing it must be to have your family name given to such a girl as….”
Daniel puts up a silencing finger and everyone shuts their mouth in the blink of an eye….. including the professor. It was a cruel reminder of the kind of monopoly Daniel had over the whole campus… the students and the professors included.
“Mckinley, here’s what you’re gonna do. You’re gonna walk into the dean’s office and you’re going to kindly explain to him how you’re going to be resigning in concerns of a personal emergency and that you’re going to be leaving on very short notice, that is tomorrow.” Daniel towers over professor Mckinley’s 5”7 tall hunched frame. Daniel looks down at him, his face emanating a coldness enough to make hell freeze over.
“Are we clear, ‘professor’?” Daniel mocks with a maliciousness so potent that I feel almost sorry for the professor but that is before I realize that he practically called me a golddigger, that too right in front of his students.
“Daniel, what are you… this is preposterous… y…you cannot do this… how dare y-” Daniel cuts off the aghast professor’s mumbling, putting a finger to his lips.
The whole crowd watches on with bated breath.
“It’s Mr. Kane.” A cruel smirk graces Daniel’s face. “And yes, I do dare.”
The students were confused and so was I. Daniel held authority over even the dean but he’d never abused his power, not even once. Seemed to be above petty power play. But I guess not anymore.
“But Dan… Mr Kane, please. I have a family…” The professor’s face turns red in humiliation and disbelief.
“A family that will be deported out of America if you don’t hand in your resignation….” All sign of amusement leaves Daniel’s face, replaced by a dangerous irritation as his mouth sets in a thin line.
“Today.” Daniel tightens the professor’s tie to the point that his pasty face contorts and reddens dangerously. “Are we clear now? I won’t ask again.” Daniel tightens the knot further until the professor lets out a gasping yes. Daniel chuckles and the sound makes chills race down my spine and goosebumps erupt on my skin.
Daniel pats the professor’s bald head and murmurs a ‘good boy’ and the whole crowd snickers, devotion and want to be like him or be with him shining in each of their eyes.
I taste a disgust so vile, it brings me back to my senses but just as I try to slip out of the crowd, Daniel’s eagle gaze catches me and he grabs me by my waist, only taking two effortless strides to reach me. I squirm uselessly against his grip but soon stop, not wanting to appear more helpess than I already was.
“If I hear of any insult thrown Ayesha’s way or if anyone and I mean anyone… even talks of her, I will consider it a direct attack on the Kane’s reputation. Let the whole campus know this, professors included.” The crowd, puzzled and not entirely sure what the fuck was going on just nodded their head in agreement out of fear.
Maintaining his possessive grip on my body, Daniel threw Natasha a death glare, stopping her in her tracks when she attempted to step toward us.
“You shouldn’t have done this.” Daniel’s voice holds a subtle anger, his eyes narrowing into slits.
“Let your father know that his partnership with Kane Co. ends today and we’ll be withdrawing all funds.”
“Daniel, what are you saying? Why would you want to ruin our fathers corporate relationship? Because I said a few hard truths about this slut?” Ayesha ranted, indignance clear in her tone.
“Insult her again and I’ll make sure your daddy’s million dollar company goes bankrupt in a matter of hours.” He threatens her and this time as her mouth hangs open in horror, I can tell it’s finally got to her that he’s being serious.
As Daniel dragged me away from her and the crowd, I caught Natasha shooting me a murderous look, her eyes looked absolutely feral.
“She won’t bother you again.”
I shook my head, she was not going to leave me alone. Of that, I was sure.
“I’ll make sure of it.” I looked up at him as he gave me a tight smile. He looked sincere like he meant what he said. But I wasn’t stupid enough to buy into his shit. He was probably already planning some cruel prank to humiliate me anyway.
“I have to get to class.” I gave him a pointed look as he kept walking with me plastered against his side, his grip on my waist not loosening in the least.
“Sorry, what was that? Can’t hear you up here.”
He made fun of my height all the time, it was honestly insulting. And 5 feet is not that short.
He smirked at me as we stopped outside an empty art classroom.
“Very funny. You deserve an Oscar for your sense of repetitive humor.”
“That smart fucking mouth,” he growled, his eyes zeroing in on my lips. I sucked in a breath.
He lifted me up and I almost lost my balance. He placed his hands under my kneecaps and I was forced to wrap my legs around his waist and grab onto his shoulders with my hands to regain my balance.
Before I could utter a word of protestation, he opened the door to the classroom, walked us in and then kicked the doors closed. He slammed me against the entrance and I let out a yelp, gulping in fear at his towering frame.
He leaned in, getting right into my face as he held me up against the door.
“You better have a good explanation for leaving this morning before it even struck 6. I don’t appreciate being left high and dry. I fucking helped you… the least you could do was tell me before sneaking out of my own bed.”